The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Essential Wisden: An Anthology of 150 Years of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
By (Author) John Stern
Edited by Marcus Williams
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Wisden
10th October 2013
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Hardback
1104
Width 153mm, Height 234mm
1395g
Description
The 150 editions of Wisden Cricketers Almanack have contained a total of more than 133,000 pages since the first edition was published in 1864. Over the years the Almanack published every year without fail has charted the highs and lows of the game, giving its authoritative opinion on the players, the matches and the pressing issues of the day. The Essential Wisden provides the highlights of all 150 years for the first time. From the forthright Editors Notes by the likes of Sydney Pardon, Norman Preston, John Woodcock and Matthew Engel, through reports on key matches around the world, and features on the games top players, to the renowned obituaries of people in and around the game, and a range of crickets idiosyncratic Unusual Occurrences, John Stern and Marcus Williams distil the Almanacks most significant and fascinating writing into one anthology. With the pick of a century and a half of the best cricket writing from leading writers on the game, including John Arlott, Mike Atherton, Neville Cardus, Gideon Haigh, Christopher Martin-Jenkins and E. W. Swanton, and famous players such as Don Bradman, Denis Compton, Learie Constantine, Fred Spofforth, Mike Brearley and Michael Vaughan, The Essential Wisden provides a fascinating lens through which to view the evolution of the game.
Reviews
It is...a dipper's delight, and everywhere you will find glories. * The Cricketer *
Author Bio
John Stern is a former editor of The Wisden Cricketer magazine and writes on cricket for, among others, The Times and All Out Cricket magazine. He is the author of Cricket: The Definitive Guide to the International Game and co-author of Wisden's Youth Cricket Coaching. Marcus Williams was a senior member of The Times sports department for more than 30 years. He also edited The Way to Lord's and Double Century: 200 Years of Cricket in The Times, and co-wrote The Wisden Book of Cricket Memorabilia.
